The next play being put on by White Sage Theatre, Winnemucca's community theater, will be "Dial M for Murder."
Tony Wendice has married his wife, Margot, for her money and now plans to murder her for the same reason. He arranges the perfect murder. He blackmails a scoundrel he used to know into strangling her for a fee of 1,000 pounds and arranges a brilliant alibi for himself.
Unfortunately, the murderer gets murdered and the victim survives. But this doesn't baffle the husband: He sees his hireling's death as an opportunity to have his wife convicted for the murder of the man who tried to murder her, and that is what almost happens.
Luckily, the police inspector from Scotland Yard and a young man who is in love with the wife discover the truth, and in a scene of almost unbearable suspense they trap the husband into revealing his guilt, thus freeing Margot.
The play is by Frederick Knott.
Auditions will be held at the Methodist Church (across from Winners) on Friday, Jan. 31 from 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., and Saturday, Feb. 1 from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. Performances will be about two months later.
This play has a cast of 12 and new actors are needed.
One of the new plays we are working on will feature actors dressed and acting as though they are historical Winnemucca characters. If you feel like being Kit Carson, Sara Winnemucca, or a Chinese worker on the transcontinental railroad, come in character and show us what you have in mind.[[In-content Ad]]
